A mathematical model of comprehensive test-and-treat services and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection and suppression of viral load are potentially powerful interventions for reducing HIV incidence. A test-and-treat strategy may have long-term effects on the epidemic among urban men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States and may achieve the 5-year goals of the 2010 National AIDS Strategy that include: 1) lowering to 25% the annual number of new infections, 2) reducing by 30% the HIV transmission rate, 3) increasing to 90% the proportion of persons living with HIV infection who know their HIV status, 4) increasing to 85% the proportion of newly diagnosed patients linked to clinical care, and 5) increasing by 20% the proportion of HIV-infected MSM with an undetectable HIV RNA viral load.

Methods and findings

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SUBMITTER: Sorensen SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3277596 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature